The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
DC-coupled battery
Stores DC energy and relies on system power electronics outside the battery product for household AC.
- Product role
- The published battery record covers the storage stack, controller and stated capacity range.
- Published range
- 4.56–72.96 kWh
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Usable capacity
95% of this battery’s nominal capacity is usable, 4.56 kWh in the scored configuration.4.56 kWh usableScored configuration: US5000-B. Published range 4.56–72.96 kWh.
The remaining 5% stays in the pack as reserve; the home never draws it.
Nominal capacity is not stated here. The usable kWh and the depth-of-discharge percentage are sourced separately, at times from different documents and different module counts, so dividing one by the other would produce a nominal figure no manufacturer published.
Usable capacity sourceDepth-of-discharge source 1Depth-of-discharge source 2Capacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 10
No year-by-year capacity schedule is published for this product - the manufacturer guarantees only this end-of-term minimum, not a specific decline curve. Capacity figure based on the sourced usable capacity of the base configuration; modular systems scale with additional modules.
Blackout protection
58 / 100#46 of 66 batteriesWhole-home (via hybrid inverter)
The blackout score is a standalone benchmark of outage resilience only - it re-weights sourced specs already scored in this product’s pillars (backup tier, switchover, surge strength, backup power, off-grid recharge) and never affects the overall score. Dots show the full battery fleet; the marker is this product.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The range uses one to sixteen 4.56 kWh usable modules. The score remains anchored to one reviewed US5000-B module. Scored model: US5000-B · checked 2026-07-27. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
1 product record
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
Pylontech US5000B 4.56 kWh · Home battery
Australian evidence checked 2026-08-02.
Covered3 sources
Australian warranty scope: Pylontech's Australia-specific US Series warranty names US5000 and US5000-B and provides 10 years with a 60% minimum-capacity definition. It covers repair or replacement but publishes no throughput allowance.
Structured claim terms: Recorded.
- Term
- 10 yr productStated in the structured comparison
- Product remedy
- CoveredReturn-based repair or replacement at Pylontech's option.
- Labour
- Not coveredInstaller labour and travel are not promised.
- Freight
- Not coveredUnconditional claim freight is not promised.
- Removal and reinstallation
- Not coveredRemoval and reinstallation are not promised; unapproved relocation is excluded.
- Transferability
- CoveredNo subsequent-owner transfer right was found in the exact Australian terms.
- Registration and conditions
- Not statedProof of purchase and authorised installation conditions apply.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-02
Strong evidence coverage
32 of 32 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Cell provenance & traceabilityManufacturer ↗
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
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Our reading
US5000B scores 65, placing 27 of 53 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 64.4. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (88), above the class average of 85. Energy Ecosystem scores 42, the lowest pillar for this product. The class average on energy ecosystem is 50. Key specifications: LFP, 4.8 kW continuous output.